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Jul 7, 2014Postpunk, hardcore, krautrock and odd, spacey lounge-jazz are all sucked up and bent brilliantly out of shape over the course of an album that's abrasive but accessible, awkward but assured. Properly special stuff.
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Jun 26, 2014As their name suggests, they have all the control over the music, and how they channel that is through wonderful anarchy.
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Jun 26, 2014If this is the end of whatever this is, they’ve recorded a superlative piece of work which leaves us on one hell of a high, despite it sounding anything but high itself.
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Sep 15, 2014What they're doing with their new wave affectations and post-punk sheen is absolutely creative and often subversive.
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Sep 3, 2014No matter what your favorite post-punk record is, you'll hear hints of it here. The fact Total Control still sounds fresh and new also ensures they may even become a new favorite as well.
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Sep 2, 2014Hopefully Total Control can continue because, brutal as it is, Typical System is the year's finest punk album.
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Alternative PressJun 26, 2014Taken in one healthy, heroic dose, Typical System feels like a dazzling glimpse into the future of underground rock. [Jul 2014, p.102]
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Jun 26, 2014Even with their most aesthetically orthodox track, Total Control's total message is radical.
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Jul 9, 2014What becomes clear is that, even when it is uneven, Typical Systems succeeds on good songcraft and—most importantly--heavy and convincing emotional weight. It’s an album that takes a toll, and then invites you back to take it on again.
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Jun 26, 2014Their free form approach is certainly amusing, perhaps too cerebral at times, but that’s just another way of reinforcing they want us to figure out what they’re aiming for.
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Jul 3, 2014The five-piece isn’t interested in comfort, but rather an intensity created directly by that push-pull exchange, their strangely humorous song titles, and primitive, warlike lyrics.
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